[haiku] Re: GSoC: Writing native interfaces for ported applications
- From: David McPaul <dlmcpaul@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 10:48:23 +1000
On 5 April 2010 09:50, Christopher Humphries <redeye4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't know if update notifications are sent out, but I've updated my
> proposal after some more in-depth documentation and code reading. It's still
> vague, but I'm getting the general idea, and the Media Kit really is
> fascinating.
> I'm still at a loss with the DVD libraries. There are several choices, among
> which are libdvdcss, which looks simple, but maybe too simple, and
> libdvdnav, which lacks documentation, but their website provides some good
> data on DVD format.
> Streaming looks deceptively straightforward; a matter of giving Media Kit
> the possibility to ignore the lack of file navigation support, though I'm
> not sure how to deal with the actual network part.
> As for code contributions, I posted some ideas on the Trac
> (http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/1503#comment:2), and as I think I've found
> where to load volume on file load and store on file change, I'm currently
> experimenting with file attributes.
Had a quick read.
> Prepare the Media Player Video View for PS image overlays, then extend the
> producer node for subtitles. Extend the player for
> subtitle options alongside the stream options"
I am currently working on a node to merge video streams and a subtitle
decoder. Let me know your requirements for dvd subtitles.
> Work on extending stream playback beyond stereo (right now I think that the
> streams are adapted for two channels) by
> modifying the channel adapter node.
This is a known issue wit the MediaPlayer. It does not use the Audio
Mixer properly and only handles 2 channels. The audio decoders can
output more than stereo but don't currently.
The rest looks good.
Cheers
David
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Cheers
David
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